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The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has donated a Panasonic DVD player to the Fair Prospect Primary School in Portland, to boost the institution's reading programme. Director of Corporate Affairs at the UDC, Doreen O'Connor, who made the presentation to the school principal Julie Bailey, recently, said that the gift was in keeping with the UDC's commitment to assist the education...

More than 700 students at the Priory Primary School and Infant Department in St. Ann are now better aware of Jamaica's heritage and culture as a result of a 'Jamaica Day' activity, which was recently held at the school. The event saw members of staff and students participating in traditional dances, ring games, story telling, folk songs and jonkonnu parade...

Computer training at the Cascade Primary and Junior High School in Portland has been boosted significantly, with the recent presentation of 11 lap top computers to the institution by a past student. The donation, which was made recently by Herbert Wallen, Regional Director for Product Marketing at the Boeing Aircraft Company in Washington D.C., in the United States, brings to...

The Educational Foundation for Children's Care Incorporated (EFCCI) in Florida, has embarked on a project to assist children in Jamaica. This non-profit organization, which was officially launched on February 12 at the Signature Grand in Fort Lauderdale, has acquired 47 acres of land in Four Paths, Clarendon, on which the Foundation is proposing to construct 'Eden Valley Village', which will...

Scores of students of the Grants Pen Primary and Infant School in Yallahs, St. Thomas watched on Wednesday (Feb. 22) as grade 6 students Celine Davis and Dwayne Ives got "married" in a ceremony held on the school grounds. It was an elaborate occasion, with the bride looking resplendent in a white gown with tiara and trail, while the groom...

The first in a series of sensitization sessions, geared at generating awareness of the business opportunities to arise out of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 to be held in Jamaica, will be launched by the Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO). This sensitization workshop, to be undertaken through the Caribbean Business Opportunity Services, will...

The house in which National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante was born at Blenheim in Hanover, is to be rebuilt. Work should begin next month. This was announced by Chairman of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Professor Verene Shepherd, during her keynote address at a civic ceremony to mark the 122nd anniversary of the birth of Sir...

The Child Development Agency (CDA) has embarked on a programme to upgrade the skills of persons working within public and private childcare institutions. The first phase of the programme commenced in December 2005 with the training of nurse aides attached to childcare institutions, and will end in December 2006. Funded by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) at a cost...

Another of America's leading rating agencies, Moody's, has maintained Jamaica's B (stable) rating, in its latest update issued yesterday (February 23).Moody's says: "The outlook for all ratings is stable, reflecting a balance between ongoing efforts at fiscal consolidation and the vulnerability of the country to external shocks". The agency cites Jamaica's strengths as - a commitment to fiscal discipline, proven...

April 30 has been set as the deadline for a conclusion to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) stalled Development Round, which began four years ago in Doha, Qatar. The 149 countries participating in the discussions are expected to finally sign off on a global trade pact, aimed at boosting the world economy by lowering trade barriers and reducing world poverty...

The first vessel from the Shipping Line Maersk should arrive in Kingston by the end of March. This was announced on Thursday (Feb. 23) during the business investment forum hosted by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. Maersk and the Port Authority of Jamaica signed a five year contract in November of 2005 for the provision of Container Terminal Services at the...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has described the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the government-owned Harmonization Limited and private developer Tavistock Group for the negotiation of plans for the development of the Harmony Cove Resort in Trelawny, as evidence of the success of the policies implemented by the government to attract investments to the island. Speaking at the handing...